The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1887-05-16
DALLAS.
The Recent Valuable Additions.
The Number Of Houses
Built Since January Ist.
The Cost Of the came, and Vast Sums
of Money Spent in Real Estate
Transactions.

Dallas has grown to young manhood
so to speak, in few short years. 1t has
been a steady, healthy permanent growth.
1t has never gone backward, and scarcely
ever stood still long enough to catch its
breath There has been constant going
forward not pushing and haloaing in
order 10 get it forward, but going up
ward in spite of itself and all opposition.
The past few months have witnessed an
unprecedented growth of Dallas, in the
history of western cities 1t is not the
purpose to go into detail, but to call to
mind the facts heretofore published.
During these months, the following adj
ditions have been added TO the city:
Simpson e. Clark's addition of So acres,
beautifully situated in the northeastern
portion of the city.
c. w. Guilds, III acre addition in the
southern part of the city; Eaiin's addi-
tion of so acres; Howard's addition of
40 acres and Fetzer's addition of 10 acres;
Blankenship, 20 acres, all in the southern
portion of the city.
These additions are alongside of each
other, and adds beautiful tract of land
to the city for residence purposes, and
which is finding ready sale daily.
Trezevants addition, east, near the
Fair Grounds; Duncan, Morgan & Words
addition of AZ acres, adds another pretty
spot to the city.
j. N. Simpsons subdivision of the old
Fair Grounds, opens up portion of the
city for residence that will be salable
and handsome.
Henry Clarks addition adjoining the
fair grounds Worthington's on the north
and Middleton's on Mckinney road, are
all valuable additions.
Oak Cliff has suddenly sprung into
existence, and has made such gigantic
strides as to take ones breath away. A
few weeks ago somebody said that some
body else had bought land across the
river, paying for the same $3.50, 900; old
residenters laughed, and one man who
has lived here time out of mind said he
offered a reward to any man who would
name party that would be fool enough
to do such "A thing; but later on it dis
closed into fact, and not only $3.50, 900
was paid but twice sl50,000, and even
so much as $500, 900 has been and is be-
ing spent. Add to this the cost of the
elevated street railroad across the river,
ain length over two miles, and themaking
of drive leading from Young sue2t to
point on the other side of the river,
which will extend to and around Oak
Cliff, making one of the most beautiful
drives in or out OF the State and you
will be able to approximate the immense
sum of money that will be spent in build
ing up this beautiful addition which is
designed to be suburb of handsome
residences for business men of Dallas.
There is combined in this addition to
Dallas, the opening up of beautiful
little lake of about 80 acres in area; old
forest trees, beautiful drives hand
some houses, valuable sites for
manufactures, plateau rs hand
some as eye ever rested upon, from
which a view of Dallas and surrounding
country is had, lending the beauty of
landscape scene unsurpassed, beyond the
Imagination even of those who have
lived here since the first rude log cabin
was built. Connecting this beautiful |
spot with the busy, thriving city of Dal !
las will be the new elevated street rail- |
way which is now in course of erection. |
Besides Oak Cliff, on the west is Glencoe,
which contains $50 acres. and Flanders /
Heights, of 20 acres, lying alongside of
Oak Cliff. Bookhout and Randalls ad- /
dition. containing 80 lots all laid out,
lies on either side of Lake avenue. on
the north line of the city, west of the |
Cedar Springs road. This Lake avenue
will open up handsome drive to Longs .
Lake.
There are in addition TO the above the
following additions and subdivisions:
A. ]. Porter's. Frauds addition, ]. W.
Roodhouse, Goods subdivision Robert
Smiths subdivision. Rosenfeld & Mey-
er's, ID. McLeod's Coles addition and
Farmers Branch addition.
I, . The hnildfr,O inhprests of dallas have